Trash Collection

Residential and Commercial trash pickup occurs two times per week on Tuesdays and Fridays. Customer shall place garbage bags and/or polycart and bulky items by curb-side by 7:00 a.m. on collection days. You will need to contact the Water Department at (903) 849-4145 if you do not have a polycart and prefer one.

Special "back door" service may be provided for handicapped citizens. Please contact the Water Department if you need special consideration.

Acceptable items for bulk trash collection include air conditioners and refrigerators which have the CFC's removed by a certified technician, water tanks, washing machines, furniture, bundled trees, shrub and brush trimmings. Items not acceptable include construction debris, paint, dead animals and hazardous waste.

Tree, shrub and brush trimmings or newspapers and magazines will be picked up if they are securely tied together forming an easily handled package not exceeding 4 ft in length, 6 inches in diameter, or 50 lbs in weight. The total amount of "bundled" materials set out for collection each week (per home) shall not exceed 2 cubic yards (6 ft x 3 ft x 3 ft).

The City of Chandler offers a free Curbside Limb Chipping Service for larger limbs on the first Monday of each month (weather permitting). If delayed due to weather or for other reasons, limbs will be picked up later that week). Limbs between 3 and 10 ft in length and not larger than 8" will be picked up. Limbs should be stacked neatly at the curb the evening before pickup. Request for this service MUST be called in to City Hall at (903) 849-6853.

Only 10 leaf bags, in addition to the polycart, will be collected per trash day.

Trash holidays include Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Trash collection services will not be provided on these holidays. Make-up collection for residential routes will be the next business day following the holiday.